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Message started by aquaMat on 30.01.2007 at 19:55:48

Title: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 30.01.2007 at 19:55:48
Dear friends,

to compensate for the waiting time until the official release of PoG and the Discotheque and all the other designer's mansions waiting in the wings, I thought I'd share with you

- a stupid little experimental mansion I made, called FACES.

Actually, it's not that experimental, apart from a few quirks...but find out for yourselves:


EDIT (Jan. 30th; 2:40 pm): I accidentially uploaded the wrong (early) version. This is the new one. Sorry.

EDIT 2 (Feb. 3, 2007): Attachment has been removed. FACES is now downloadable from the OFFICIAL LIST.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Wingy on 30.01.2007 at 22:14:02
Thats abit on the normal/hard side, but it was alright. Beat it in 2:52 with $9000, 100% secrets and 14 lives.  :)

Also I noticed that in the first room there was a hidden ladder, right? How did you get layer six dirt to not cover Jack's feet but just cover the ladder? :-?  I've been wonering that for along time.  :)

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Freddy on 30.01.2007 at 23:06:37
How can I ever continue the testing of PoG? ::) ;)

Nice intermezzo, aquaMat. In my opinion also small mansions deserve a place at the List of Completed Mansions. But to get listed you should have a look at 2 JSs. There is one in the exitroom at the left moneybag. And the other one is, once being down, when you are missing keys.

Btw, I don't agree that it is a hard mansion. Although none of the secrets is hinted, the mansion is so small, that everybody should be able to find them in a "normal" way. What is more: one can't continue without finding the secrets.

Personal conclusion: nice faces, worth being listed, normal difficulty, but 2 fixes needed.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 31.01.2007 at 00:20:57
My guess would have been an easy NORMAL.... (if such a thing exists), but yes, it's true, one has to find the secrets in order to continue, and once you're down (and missed some keys) you're not able to get back up.

To cater for that situation I have made 2 keys multicolored ones (as those are the ones probably everybody finds), and then will still be able to finish, albeit with a few money-bags öess.  ;)

I'm surprised and pleased that you think it's worthy of inclusion in the standard list... and I'll check the JS problem(s) later this evening.  I'll send an update soon....

(BTW: The JS in the exitroom I was aware of, I just thought it was so obvious that you'd get stuck if you climb up there   :-/)

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Freddy on 31.01.2007 at 00:41:51

aquaMat wrote on 31.01.2007 at 00:20:57:
... I'm surprised and pleased that you think it's worthy of inclusion in the standard list ...

There is a major demand for easy and normal mansions. Indepent of the size! But you may not surprize "starting" players with JSs.


Once it is ready, you may send it to me by email, for release.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by brell on 31.01.2007 at 00:53:15

aquaMat wrote on 31.01.2007 at 00:20:57:
(BTW: The JS in the exitroom I was aware of, I just thought it was so obvious that you'd get stuck if you climb up there   :-/)


Just what I thought until Psychotronic, Freddy and other betatesters of my mansions told me otherwise.  You have to assume that if there is a possible JS situation, some players are bound to get there.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Wingy on 31.01.2007 at 01:51:46
Can anyone answer my question from my first post in this tread?  :-? Please?

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Freddy on 31.01.2007 at 02:12:30

Anthony wrote on 30.01.2007 at 22:14:02:
Also I noticed that in the first room there was a hidden ladder, right? How did you get layer six dirt to not cover Jack's feet but just cover the ladder? ...

What do you mean? While climbing down, Jack is completely covered with L6-without-fringe. And when at the bottom you can see that the cover in L6-w-f is only 2 bricks wide. Because, when he tries to go to the left you immediately see his toes. Is that what you wanted to know, Wingy?

I din't know that we had dirt in Midnight Mansion? It is the neatest game in the world. Yeah! ;D

Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 31.01.2007 at 02:26:00
I didn't understand it either, Wingy....otherwise I would have answered your question immediatly.
What do you mean by "layer-6 dirt" ??

If I should guess what you mean, I direct you to the command "draw layer-6 with / without fringe".  (??)

:) :D

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Wingy on 31.01.2007 at 02:45:06
Draw without fridge... Oi! It worked! Thanks!  :)

Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 02.02.2007 at 17:09:02
Fellow mansioneers,

FACES has gone through 2 updates, has even become a little bit bigger,  and will soon be on the "official" list.

Please do NOT download it anymore from here, just wait 1 or 2 days and get the release version.

Thank you.


EDIT:  Attachment has been deleted in the 1st post of this thread, as FACES is now downloadable from the OFFICIAL LIST.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Catwoman on 31.01.2009 at 21:22:52
Very nice mansion. I finally won. I did find a JS though in Room 15103. I didn't jump far enough in the room above to land on the lower bricks.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by Catwoman on 31.01.2009 at 21:23:17
Here is the screenshot.
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Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 01.02.2009 at 18:35:54
Well.....  this is really unusual. Normally you should die when you miss the jump.... you just happened to accidentially land in that tiny opening (where one brown brick is missing (for design reasons) !).

But one little move to the left or right and you die eventually, and then you're hopefully reborn safely in the room above.... so I'm not sure I'd call this a JS in the truest sense.

3 minutes later:
I checked the mansion again and tried to duplicate your behaviour.... and I managed to land in the same spot. I moved a bit and died.... BUT: unfortunately I wasn't reborn in the room above  (even if the software is programmed to let rebirths always happen in a "safe place").

So....it seems as if I have to do an update soon, where I get rid of that tiny opening (which is a shame.... I always include "irregularities" like that, tiny openings, miscolored bricks etc. to make my designs "more natural". and more believable).

I will come up with a solution, however.....  but it will have to wait until I have my new mansion, Les Catacombes Rouges" ready for release (at the moment it is beta-tested).
Then I will send both mansions to the admins for release.

Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 02.02.2009 at 23:07:08
Las t night I fixed this potential JS in both versions of FACES.

While I was at it I discovered that there were several layer-0 / design imperfections in both versions, which I have also fixed.

I also finished my update of "The Mansion Family: A Wondrous Place".

Maybe I will send those 3 mansions to the admins even before Les Catacombes Rouges is ready for release.

Keep an eye on the list.....

Title: Re: FACES
Post by aquaMat on 16.03.2009 at 23:48:08
Apparently my recent (not yet published) updates of FACES normal, FACES hard  and TMF3 - A Wondrous Place  have got lost during Brell's computer crash/problems, but I have sent them to him again a few days ago.

So I'd think thy'll be up for downloading pretty soon....in case you have wondered (where they've been) !   ;)   :-?

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